DURHAM, N.C. - Against
one of the strongest fields the Duke Home Fencing Meet has ever seen, the 10th-ranked
Duke men's fencing team came away with four wins, including a 15-12 victory
over No. 2 Notre Dame, on Saturday in Card Gym.

Squaring off against a group that included No. 1 Penn
State, No. 2 Notre Dame, North Carolina, Johns Hopkins and Wayne State, the
Blue Devils (14-6) went 4-1 with their only loss coming at the hands of Penn State.
The Duke epees went 4-1 on the day while the foils finished 3-2 and the sabers
2-3.

The top-ranked Penn State men went undefeated on day one
of the Duke Home Meet and took home all three weapon trophies with 40 foil
wins, 31 epee wins and 28 saber wins. Duke finished second in epee victories
with 28, second in saber wins with 24 and third in foil wins with 21.

Duke's 15-12 win over the second-ranked Fighting Irish
came down to the wire, as Notre Dame took saber 5-4 and Duke took foil 5-4. It
was the Duke epees who provided the advantage, however, as Josiah Brown,
Alessio Santoro and Dylan Nollner combined to win their final three bouts and propel
the Blue Devils to a 6-3 win in epee and the three-point win for the bout.

Senior captain Anthony Lin also provided a spark against
Notre Dame, defeating all three Fighting Irish opponents he faced including
All-America Kevin Hassett. Lin went 7-2 on the day, running his season record
to 35-12 and his career mark to 175-52.

Santoro and Brown, meanwhile, led the team with 10
victories apiece while Nollner finished with seven wins. Those three combined
for a 27-11 record on the day as the Duke epees finished with 28 overall wins,
just three shy of Penn State which took home the epee trophy with 31 wins. The
epees swept North Carolina 9-0 in the first round of the day and also had wins
of 5-4 over Wayne State and 6-3 over Johns Hopkins.

The Duke women will fence on day two of the Duke Home
Meet, beginning at 8 a.m. on Sunday in Card Gym. Their day starts against Northwestern
at 8 a.m. and continues with bouts against No. 1 Notre Dame at 9:30 a.m., Wayne
State at 10:30, No. 5 Penn State at 1 p.m. and North Carolina at 2 p.m.